Event Info
- Language: Hindi & English
- City / State: New Delhi
- Directed By: Nikhil Mehta
- Produced By: Black Box Okhla
For the Record
A powerful play about how we define culture and the ways in which we represent it
In 1971, a tribunal is tasked with selecting three artefacts that represent India to the world. 2019 brings out the drama which led to this eventful chain of events; this is a play about cultural consciousness and raises questions on the ways in which we represent it.
A powerful play about how we define culture and the ways in which we represent it.
In 1971, a tribunal is tasked with selecting three artefacts that represent India to the world. Flash forward to 2018: transcripts of the tribunal meetings are released to the public. And in 2020, For the Record recreates the deliberations, the disputes and the drama of those meetings.
DHWANI VIJ
Neeraj Kakker
NIKHIL MEHTA
Design and Direction
PRASHANT PRAKASH
Floyd Miranda
KRITTIKA BHATTACHARJEE
Mrinalini Sathpathy Gooptu
NEEL SENGUPTA (JANARDHAN TRIVEDI)
Janardhan Trivedi
KRITI PANT (VIJAYA RADHAKRISHNAN)
Vijaya Radhakrishnan
KSHITIJ MERVIN EKKA
Mukund Kumar
NIHARIKA LYRA DUTT
Nooria Mistry
CAST
Created by Dhwani Vij, Kriti Pant, Krittika Bhattacharjee, Kshitij Mervin, Neel Sengupta, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Prashant Prakash and Nikhil Mehta.
CREW
Deepa Dharmadhikari
Light Design
Dhruv Rai
Sound Design
Arroon Jindall
Light Operation
Nayantara Parikh
Photography
Anil Sharma
Set Construction
Presented by Black Box Okhla
Black Box Okhla (BBO) is a performing arts initiative founded in 2017. A laboratory for exploration and development, it is a blank canvas inviting artists to fill it with their wildest dreams.
KRITTIKA BHATTACHARJEE (MRINALINI SATHPATHY GOOPTU)
- Best Actor in a Lead Role (Female)
- Best Original Script
NEEL SENGUPTA (JANARDHAN TRIVEDI)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
- Best Original Script
KRITI PANT (VIJAYA RADHAKRISHNAN)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
- Best Original Script
NIKHIL MEHTA
- Best Original Script
DHWANI VIJ
- Best Original Script
KSHITIJ MERVIN EKKA
- Best Original Script
NIHARIKA LYRA DUTT
- Best Original Script
PRASHANT PRAKASH
- Best Original Script
A broad and absurd question is at the heart of For the Record – how do we represent our culture? What does it sound like? What does it look like? Whose stories do we tell?
The absurdity of the question lies both in the obvious futility of finding a definitive answer but also in the infinite possibilities present within the question.
For the Record follows 7 individuals facing this conundrum and their earnest attempt at finding an answer.